When you think of India, what first comes to mind?

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Okay YourFutureEx, game time! *cracks fingers*●My home, my country.●Fundamental Rights and the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 118 amendments, with 117,369 words in English translation.●The world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people.●100 million people come to India's Kumbh Mela Festival, the world's biggest gathering of humans.●Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.●The world's biggest family lives together in India: a man with 39 wives and 94 children.●India has the world's lowest meat consumption per person.●India has more mobile phones than toilets.●Children's Day is celebrated in India on November 14th, 9 months after Valentine's Day.●In West Bengal, India, cows must have a Photo ID Card.●70% of all the world's spices come from India.●To earn enough to buy a Big Mac, the average person in India has to work almost 6 hours.●In India, a polling station is set up in a forest for a lone voter in every election since 2004.●India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth.●"Anal" is a language spoken in India and Burma by 23,000 people.●The world's most polluted city is New Delhi, India.●India's "Go Air" airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel.●A con man in India repeatedly "sold" the Taj Mahal, the Indian parliament and various other heritage sites. He was sentenced to 113 years but managed to escape prison 9 times. The last time, he was 84 years old.●Between 100,000 and 500,000 abortions per year continue to be performed in India solely because the fetus is female.●Judaism arrived in India 2500 years ago with no recorded instances of anti-Semitism from the local populace ever since.●The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, built a home valued at US$1 billion. It's a 27-story building with 3 helipads, a 6-floor car park, a staff of 600, a 4-storey hanging garden and a cinema.●The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class.●India is expected to be the world's most populous country by 2050. With 1.6 billion people, it will almost equal the U. S. and China's population combined.●India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1,55,015 post offices.

●Shampoo was invented in India, derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.●Water on the moon was discovered by India.●The first rocket in India was transported on a cycle.●India has a spa just for elephants●India is the world's second-largest English speaking country (seriously).●The world's largest producer of milk●The first country to consume sugar● Shakuntla Devi was given this title after she demonstrated the calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 which were picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 seconds. ●After defeating Germany 8-1 in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Major Dhyan Chand, the wizard of hockey, was summoned by Hitler. He was promised German citizenship, a high post in the German military and the chance to play for the German national side. Dhyan Chand however declined the offer.●Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India led the world in diamond production.

●India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.●Chess was invented in India.●Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.●The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B. C.●Zero was invented in India.●7th largest Country in the world● The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.●Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind.●India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.●The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

●Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.●The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.●Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India. Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i. e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B. C. during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).

●Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.●Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.●India exports software to 90 countries.●The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.●Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B. C. and 500 B. C. respectively.●Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

●There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.●The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.●Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B. C. and 52 A. D. respectively●The largest religious building in the world is Angkor what, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.●The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.●Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

●Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B. C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.●India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.●His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.●Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.●Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.●India has the world's third greatest army.●India has the most schools in the world.

It's the truth though. In no way am I saying that all of Indians are rapists, THAT would be ignorant. But you asked for my opinion. And I gave you my opinion. If you're not going to be open minded about the answers that come your way, then I dont know who the ignorant one is.

So by your logic you will never visit U. S by any chance coz the fact is its 16X more unsafe for you? If No then clearly you're the one who's a victim of media brainwashing. Dig up some stats before talking crap.

Hahaha dude. Listen. There is no reason for you to caatch feelings. Im only saying what I know of India and what first pops into my head. And guess what? The damn questions was "When you think of India, what first comes to mind?' so calm df down and dont get defensive